The 2014 Cannes film festival
opened Wednesday with Italy in competition and Marcello
Mastroianni on its official poster.
Italian films are vying for glory in every section including
the Palme d'Or and Critic's Week, while the festival will also
be celebrating silver-screen legend Sophia Loren.
Competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or is Alice
Rohrwacher's The Wonders.
The Wonders is Rohrwacher's second film and stars Monica
Bellucci, with an international cast, in the story of a father's
desire to protect and seclude his children.
Sebastiano Riso's debut film Darker than Midnight will be
screened in Critic's Week, which features new talents in first
and second films.
Meanwhile Asia Argento is looking for recognition for her
third film Incompresa in Un Certain Regard, the section
dedicated to young talent and innovative and daring works.
Sophia Loren will honored in Cannes Classics, which
celebrates old-established features and masterpieces from the
history of film in restored prints.
Loren will present a restored 1964 classic Marriage Italian
Style, as well as her son Edoardo Ponti's 2013 film adaptation
of Jean Cocteau's play The Human Voice, which she stars in as
well.
Also to be presented are Roberto Rossellini's La Paura and
Sergio Leone's classic A Fist Full of Dollars.
Italian filmmakers also have a strong showing in Shorts
with Fulvio Risuleo's Lievito Madre and L'Avamposto by Leonardo
Di Costanzo .
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday evening and
runs through May 25.
photo: Rohrwacher's The Wonders
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